Haydn

Haydn

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from German Haydn.

    Proper noun

    Haydn (plural Haydns)

    1. A surname from German; (music) used specifically of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), an Austrian composer of the Classical period.
      • 2014 April 18, Ruth Padel, “How to do justice to Christ's Last Words”, in The Guardian:
        Two years ago I rashly accepted a commission from Tring Chamber Music and Paul Barritt, leader of the Hallé orchestra, to write poems to read between movements of Haydn's quartet Opus 51, which meditates on Christ's "Seven Last Words". Haydn, commissioned in 1785 by Cádiz cathedral, wrote this music to go between words so it's hard to perform and listen to without some.

    Derived terms

    • Haydnesque (adjective)
    • Haydnian (adjective)

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    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from German Haydn.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /aj.dœn/

      Proper noun

      Haydn ?

      1. a surname from German

      Derived terms

      German

      Proper noun

      Haydn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Haydns or (with an article) Haydn, feminine genitive Haydn, plural Haydns)

      1. a surname, notably of Joseph Haydn, an 18th century Austrian composer

      See also

      Portuguese

      Etymology

      Borrowed from German Haydn.

      Proper noun

      Haydn m or f by sense

      1. a surname from German